Wow!! Amazing. Unreal.
Sean "Puff Daddy/P. Diddy" Combs has hit the height of a combination of hypocrisy and absurdity.
The man who has spent more than 10 years on various rap songs bragging about how much money he has; a man who VH1 estimates could put 100 people on an expensive cruise and deck them out in Versace with bottles of Crystal (I think that's how it's spelled), is now complaining about fuel prices.
In this morning's edition of the Austin American Statesman, Combs is quoted as saying, "I'm actually flying commercial," as opposed to constantly flying on a private jet.
Well, Mr Combs, and I'm talking to you not as some 50-something white guy who's never heard one of your songs and just assumes you rhyme words and say things like "Yo yo yo homeboy," but rather as a 25 (almost 26-year old) who is very familiar with your work going all the way back to B.I.G. and Craig Mack, I just have to say to you (1) stop complaining, cuz you're probably flying business class which is better than I've ever flown, (2) do something about it, (3) I thought you had, as you stated in the 2002 hit with Fabolous and Jagged Edge "Trade it all" that you had "The kind of money that don't matter if a few crumbs are blown," so what then is a few more crumbs on fuel costs as we transition our transportation economy from a petroleum based to a bio-fuel/hydrogen/electric based transportation system. You do have so much money, after all.
And you are NEVER going to work for the State Department in any capacity since you don't even know how to refer to a people. Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters?? C'mon now.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Why I'm a Libertarian (at least at the federal level)
So once again, we're talking energy here. And as I spoke of last time, the federal government is a stumbling block in the pathway of (1) energy independence and (2) people freeing themselves from the costly burden of fuel.
Last time, I discussed how our federal government and particularly the democratic party don't want us to be able to put more petro on the markets even though drilling today is far safer and environmentally friendly than 20 years ago, thus lower income and middle class people are hurting, as well as business profits.
Now, it's the federal government and the idiots beholden to the environmentalist lobby who don't want us to be able to create more ethanol. Read the following:
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Senate agriculture committee’s energy subcommittee, held a public hearing in Rapid City, S.D. on Aug. 18 to discuss the potential woody biomass located in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota and why it’s not currently allowed to be used as feedstock for cellulosic ethanol projects.
The hearing was attended by Senate Energy Committee member Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., representatives from the Black Hills National Forest and the Black Hills Forest Resource Association as well as private forest land owner and KL Process Design Group LLC President Randy Kramer. National forest waste is not currently included in the definition of “woody biomass” as written in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Thune told hearing attendees that the final definition failed to include material removed or harvested from federal lands and national forests because the U.S. House of Representatives changed the wording “behind closed doors” in the final days of debate before the bill’s passage. He has since introduced bill S.2558 that would amend that definition. Thune’s Senior Advisor Jon Lauck said the definition was changed due to environmental concerns on behalf of some representatives. The testimony given Aug. 18 proved otherwise, he said. “They (witnesses) said it’s actually worse for the forests to leave the waste there,” Lauck said, adding that the current removal method of burning slash piles adds carbon dioxide to the environment, worsening the environmental situation
Witnesses testified at the hearing that there is approximately 200,000 tons of woody biomass available annually in the Black Hills National Forest. It was noted that between 50 and 105 gallons of ethanol can be produced from every ton of biomass.
Did you read that?? There it is. 200,000 tons of woody bio-mass available ANNUALLY in the Black Hills National Forest, and 50 to 105 gallons of ethanol per ton. No irrigation required. No pesticides, no diverting crops that ordinarily are used as food. But we can't use it because the environmental lunatics always have to worry about the littlest stupidest stuff.
Last time, I discussed how our federal government and particularly the democratic party don't want us to be able to put more petro on the markets even though drilling today is far safer and environmentally friendly than 20 years ago, thus lower income and middle class people are hurting, as well as business profits.
Now, it's the federal government and the idiots beholden to the environmentalist lobby who don't want us to be able to create more ethanol. Read the following:
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Senate agriculture committee’s energy subcommittee, held a public hearing in Rapid City, S.D. on Aug. 18 to discuss the potential woody biomass located in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota and why it’s not currently allowed to be used as feedstock for cellulosic ethanol projects.
The hearing was attended by Senate Energy Committee member Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., representatives from the Black Hills National Forest and the Black Hills Forest Resource Association as well as private forest land owner and KL Process Design Group LLC President Randy Kramer. National forest waste is not currently included in the definition of “woody biomass” as written in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Thune told hearing attendees that the final definition failed to include material removed or harvested from federal lands and national forests because the U.S. House of Representatives changed the wording “behind closed doors” in the final days of debate before the bill’s passage. He has since introduced bill S.2558 that would amend that definition. Thune’s Senior Advisor Jon Lauck said the definition was changed due to environmental concerns on behalf of some representatives. The testimony given Aug. 18 proved otherwise, he said. “They (witnesses) said it’s actually worse for the forests to leave the waste there,” Lauck said, adding that the current removal method of burning slash piles adds carbon dioxide to the environment, worsening the environmental situation
Witnesses testified at the hearing that there is approximately 200,000 tons of woody biomass available annually in the Black Hills National Forest. It was noted that between 50 and 105 gallons of ethanol can be produced from every ton of biomass.
Did you read that?? There it is. 200,000 tons of woody bio-mass available ANNUALLY in the Black Hills National Forest, and 50 to 105 gallons of ethanol per ton. No irrigation required. No pesticides, no diverting crops that ordinarily are used as food. But we can't use it because the environmental lunatics always have to worry about the littlest stupidest stuff.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Nancy Pelosi knows nothing about the markets
So Nancy Pelosi won't allow a vote in the House on new drilling in previously forbidden areas.
Why? Because she knows it'll pass. And that's what she's afraid of. She's so beholden to the environmental lobby that she can't let it happen.
So she goes on George Stephanopolous and says that the oil won't be available for years to come and it won't lower the price today. Obama says the same thing on the campaign trail. Bullshit. Not true at all.
If they knew ANYTHING about the markets they'd know that 20% to 30% of the price of a barrel of oil is speculation. But they love blaming the speculators for the price of oil being so high.
Well guess what? Econ lesson 101: The speculators will bet the other way and make the price go DOWN if they see a chance at an increase in supply in the future. So if they see new drilling being allowed where it wasn't allowed before, they'll bet on oil being cheaper, and then our pain at the pump will go down TODAY. Even if it takes years for the oil to actually be made available to us.
It's worth mentioning, by the way that underground in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming there are an estimated 800 BILLION barrels of oil. That's a lot more than what Mexico has, who by the way is our second largest foreign supplier of oil.
Why? Because she knows it'll pass. And that's what she's afraid of. She's so beholden to the environmental lobby that she can't let it happen.
So she goes on George Stephanopolous and says that the oil won't be available for years to come and it won't lower the price today. Obama says the same thing on the campaign trail. Bullshit. Not true at all.
If they knew ANYTHING about the markets they'd know that 20% to 30% of the price of a barrel of oil is speculation. But they love blaming the speculators for the price of oil being so high.
Well guess what? Econ lesson 101: The speculators will bet the other way and make the price go DOWN if they see a chance at an increase in supply in the future. So if they see new drilling being allowed where it wasn't allowed before, they'll bet on oil being cheaper, and then our pain at the pump will go down TODAY. Even if it takes years for the oil to actually be made available to us.
It's worth mentioning, by the way that underground in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming there are an estimated 800 BILLION barrels of oil. That's a lot more than what Mexico has, who by the way is our second largest foreign supplier of oil.
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